Kyle Bukauskas

Obviously, not having Joel Eriksson-Eckford game one, but game two as well, that's significant.

I was talking to somebody, we were watching Game 6 of Minnesota-Vegas the other night, and remember he left the game briefly that night, and they just made the point, if you lose him for any extended period, that's almost, you could make the case that it's a bigger loss than

than almost Quinn Hughes.

And I'm not comparing, you know, saying one's better than the other, but it's just from the standpoint of how many areas of the game that Erickson touches for the wild in terms of penalty kill, in terms of how he goes about his business in the face-off dot, in and around the net, you know, defending his own zone, all of those things.

Like they just, they don't have another guy

like him so that's you know in a series that could end up being a shootout where every bit of defensive detail could make the difference that's that's an early hurdle I think for for the wild to to get over down a game already and as they say having to go into a second game on the road without having him as an option that's that's a big one for Minnesota.

Yeah.

It's...

Anyway, something to watch here for Minnesota and hopefully for their sake.

It's not much longer for Erickson Eck beyond game number two.

I will say it was kind of neat seeing the Foligno brothers in on a 2-on-0 shorthanded before Marcus buried it there in game number one.

That was a confident move.

He knew what he was doing.

Very confident.

All right.

So game one to Colorado and a wild one, as we say, and that should be a very fun series out in the Western Conference.

All right, so we'll get to the other two second-round series a little later on in the podcast, but some other things to touch on first, including other teams that have had first-round exits here, Elliot, and let's begin with the Edmonton Oilers.

You know, you wanted to take a few days to decompress, to...

Think a little bit about where this is all going to go for Edmonton.

We heard from the particulars the other day in Edmonton.